European Athletics U20 Championships

Sport Athletics
Competition Category Continental Championships
Years 1964—2023
Editions 30
Competitors 4088
Countries 48

Known as European Junior Games from 1964 to 1968 and as European Athletics Junior Championships from 1970 to 2015.

Editions

Year Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1964 Warszawa POL 18 – 20 September 1964 29 86 12
1966 Odessa URS 24 – 25 September 1966 33 110 16
1968 Leipzig GDR 23 – 25 August 1968 33 109 8
1970 Paris FRA 11 – 13 September 1970 35 124 16
1973 Duisburg GER 24 – 26 August 1973 36 126 16
1975 Athina GRE 22 – 24 August 1975 36 127 22
1977 Donetsk URS 19 – 21 August 1977 36 125 15
1979 Bydgoszcz POL 16 – 19 August 1979 36 124 17
1981 Utrecht NED 20 – 23 August 1981 38 130 15
1983 Schwechat AUT 25 – 28 August 1983 38 133 18
1985 Cottbus GDR 22 – 25 August 1985 39 133 18
1987 Birmingham GBR 6 – 9 August 1987 41 141 20
1989 Varaždin YUG 24 – 27 August 1989 41 141 18
1991 Thessaloniki GRE 8 – 11 August 1991 42 148 20
1993 San Sebastián ESP 29 July – 1 August 1993 41 148 22
1995 Nyíregyháza HUN 27 – 30 July 1995 41 151 23
1997 Ljubljana SLO 24 – 27 July 1997 43 156 25
1999 Rīga LAT 5 – 8 August 1999 43 148 24
2001 Grosseto ITA 19 – 22 July 2001 44 151 25
2003 Tampere FIN 23 – 27 July 2003 44 155 24
2005 Kaunas LTU 21 – 24 July 2005 44 163 30
2007 Hengelo NED 19 – 22 July 2007 44 157 23
2009 Novi Sad SRB 23 – 26 July 2009 44 159 27
2011 Tallinn EST 21 – 24 July 2011 44 161 29
2013 Rieti ITA 18 – 21 July 2013 44 162 28
2015 Eskilstuna SWE 16 – 19 July 2015 44 158 27
2017 Grosseto ITA 20 – 23 July 2017 44 154 30
2019 Borås SWE 18 – 21 July 2019 44 165 30
2021 Tallinn EST 15 – 18 July 2021 44 161 30
2023 Jerusalem ISR 7 – 10 August 2023 44 150 28

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 East Germany GDR 168 112 80 360
2 Germany GER 139 156 142 437
3 Great Britain GBR 136 101 121 358
4 Soviet Union URS 119 133 109 361
5 Russia RUS 80 76 64 220
6 Poland POL 62 72 78 212
7 France FRA 59 73 87 219
8 Romania ROU 41 47 40 128
9 Italy ITA 37 43 63 143
10 Sweden SWE 33 23 28 84
11 Spain ESP 32 27 49 108
12 Finland FIN 30 33 35 98
13 Ukraine UKR 30 21 24 75
14 Netherlands NED 22 29 23 74
15 Hungary HUN 19 23 28 70
16 Turkey TUR 17 18 15 50
17 Bulgaria BUL 16 29 30 75
18 Belarus BLR 16 25 20 61
19 Belgium BEL 16 15 18 49
20 Switzerland SUI 16 12 13 41
21 Czech Republic CZE 15 15 16 46
22 Norway NOR 11 18 10 39
23 Croatia CRO 9 8 8 25
24 Ireland IRL 9 8 7 24
25 Czechoslovakia TCH 9 7 16 32
26 Greece GRE 8 12 13 33
27 Latvia LAT 8 8 8 24
28 Portugal POR 7 8 7 22
29 Serbia SRB 6 6 2 14
30 Neutral Participant NEU 6 3 3 12
31 Denmark DEN 5 6 10 21
32 Estonia EST 5 2 7 14
33 Yugoslavia YUG 4 7 9 20
34 Austria AUT 4 5 10 19
35 Azerbaijan AZE 4 4 1 9
36 Slovenia SLO 3 6 2 11
37 Lithuania LTU 2 4 1 7
38 Cyprus CYP 2 2 1 5
39 Slovakia SVK 1 3 6 10
40 Iceland ISL 1 1 2 4
41 Republic of Moldova MDA 1 1 1 3
42 Israel ISR 1 0 1 2
43 Armenia ARM 1 0 0 1
= Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 1 0 0 1
= Kosovo KOS 1 0 0 1
46 Serbia and Montenegro SCG 0 4 3 7
47 Montenegro MNE 0 2 1 3
48 Albania ALB 0 2 0 2